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title: Which is the safest way to step out of the shower? — Baths, water at home and doors · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safest way to step out of the shower? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Baths, water at home and doors

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is the safest way to step out of the shower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, step out · **To what, where:** safest way, shower

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t8:1
# text = Which is the safest way to step out of the shower?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shower	shower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **step out** | to-infinitive |  | the shower |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location shower=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Onto a bath mat, holding a rail or the side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t8:o1:1
# text = Onto a bath mat, holding a rail or the side
1	Onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | a bath mat *not said here* | a rail or the side |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rail=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Straight onto the wet tiles in bare feet, quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t8:o2:1
# text = Straight onto the wet tiles in bare feet, quickly
1	Straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sliding out on one foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t8:o3:1
# text = Sliding out on one foot
1	Sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide out** | gerund |  |  |  | one foot |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jumping onto the bedroom carpet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t8:o4:1
# text = Jumping onto the bedroom carpet
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  | the bedroom carpet |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto carpet=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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